Last year, former Paramore drummer Zac Farro decided to pack up and move to New Zealand for a while, searching for inspiration away from the crowded Nashville scene in the hopes of making music for his new project HalfNoise. The time away proved both therapeutic and fruitful for Farro, and resulted in the recording of

Former Paramore drummer Zac Farro will release his debut EP under his new monkier of HalfNoise next week. The self-titled, five-track EP is Farro’s first release since he and brother Josh left Paramore in December 2010. Farro told NME he’s been sitting on the record for quite a while now – more than 12 months, to be precise.